Tank-support.



10.781,0'30. 'y PATENTED JAN`.31, 1905.. P. P. STURDPVANT.

TANK SUPPORT.

vAPPLICATION' FI'LED NOV. 11,1904

I l l Pay/1635 udevn'( UNITED STATES Patented January 31, 1905.

PATENT OFFICEo OAN OAR yt FOUNDRY COMPANY RATION OE NEW JERSEY.

, OE sr. LOUIS', MISSOURI, A OORPO- TANK-SUPPORT SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 781,030, dated Januaryl, 1905. Application led November Il, 1904. Serial No. 232,329.

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h in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partl of this Specication, in which- Y Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view through the center sill of a car, showing my invention applied and illustrated in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the invention applied tothe center sill. F ig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the cross-bearers, and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. l.

This invention relates to cross-bearers or tank-supports for railwayrcarsjand is particularly designed to be employed as part of the underframing of a ltank-car, thecrossbearer being so designed that it will eiiiciently support the tank at the particular point at which it is positioned.

The primary Object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive,durable, and eiiicient cross-bearer'which may be readily attached to the center sill and possess the requisite strength and impart the necessary rigidity for Supporting the tank.

Other objects and advantages, as well as the novel details of construction of this invention, will be Speciiically described hereinafter, it being understood that changes in form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

In carrying out my invention I have illustrated thecroSs-bearers as` being attached to a center sill composed ofchannels 1, havingv upper edge 3, having sides 4 and' parallel with each other at the lower edges of which are outwardly-disposed flanges 6 and 7. The outer ends of the Side plates are connected by a web 8, havinga perforation 9 therein for the reception of the tank tie-rod 10, on the end of which is a nut 11, whereby the rod may be tightened. It will be apparent by reference to Fig. 3 that the cross-bearer is of boxlike form, having a relatively deep portion at one end and a relatively shallow portion at the other, the flanged lower edges of the plates extending in an upwardly-inclined Straight line from the bottom of the center sill to a point above the center sill, while the upper portion of the cross-bearer is curved from a point above the center sill downwardly to a point above the center sill and provided with a lateral iiange 12, which rests upon and is riveted to the cover-plate 2 oi' the center sill. In order thatadditional strength and rigidity may be imparted to the car, I connect the vdownwardly-extending edges of the side platesv 4 and 5 to the web of the adjacent center sill channel by means of the angles 13 and 14, a suitable notch 15 being provided in each cross-bearer to receive the upper flange of the adjacent center-sill channel, so that the flange 13, with the extension 16, which carries it, may be extended over and beyond the upper flange of the center-sill channel to permit the eXtreme edge of the flange 12 to lie in substantially the same piane as the longitudinal center of the cover-plate 2. A bottom coverplate 17 is riveted to the bottom iianges 6 i and 7 of the Oppositely-arranged cross-bearers,

and this cover-plate is preferably in the form of a T-bar. The flanges of the T-bar are riveted to the iianges 6 and 7 of each cross-bearer, to the bottom flanges of the channel members of the center sill, and to the Ilanges 18 of the angles 19, which are riveted to the Webs of the channel members of the center sill, so that a Suiiiciently rigid .structure will result. In actual practice the entire cross-bearer may be formed by a single operation, with exception of the flanges 13 and14, which may be subsequently riveted to the edges ofthe cross-bearer adjacent to the web of the centen sill. However, itis obvious that these flanges 13 and 14 may also be formed integral with the side plates 4 and 5, if desired. This, however, might necessitate a second operation for its accomplishrnent.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.` A pressed-steel tank-support having bottom flanges, and a flanged end portion to engage the top of the center sill; substantially as described.

2. A pressed-steel tank-support relatively deep near the center sill and relatively shallow on the opposite end, the relatively deep portion being provided with a ilanged projection to engage the top of the center sill; substantially as described.

3. A pressed-steel tank-support, having an end projection to overlap the top of the center sill of a car, the free ends of the anged projection being adapted to lie in substantially the same plane as the longitudinal center of the center sill; substantially as described.

4. A tank-support, comprising side plates curved at their upper edges and connected by an intermediate web integral therewith, the outer ends of the side plates being narrower than the inner ends, lianges carried by the bottoms of the plates, anges carried by the wider edges of the plates, and a laterally-disposed horizontal flange to engage the center sill; substantially as described.

5. A pressed-steel tank-support, comprising integral side plates having flanged lower edges extending in a straight line from the bottom of the center sills to a point above the center sills, said plates having curved upper edges; substantially as described.

6. A pressed-steel tank-support, having side plates, a web connecting them at the top and curved on the are of a circle, a web connecting the ends of the side plates, and iianges carried by the support for engagement with the top of the center sill and side of the car; substantially as described.

7. A pressed-steel tank-supporthaving outwardly-disposed bottom lianges, vertical end flanges` and a horizontal flange above the vertical end langes and projecting beyond the plane of the vertical flanges; substantially as described.

8. A pressed-steel tank-supporthaving bottom Hangers, end ilanges comprising angles riveted to the tank-support, and a horizontal securing-flange above the end iianges; .substantially as described.

9. A tank-support comprising sideplates, a web connecting the upper ends of the side plates, a projecting end having a laterallydisposed iiange, and bottom lianges carried by the side plates; substantially as described.

lIn testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 7th day of November, 1904.

PAYNE P. STURDEVANT.

Witnesses:

JOHN MCE. Anas, PHILIP B. SHERIDAN. 

